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Dover Penn ID trial

I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city. -Pat Robertson
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That's okay. They'll know the disaster is coming because of science, they'll know how to react because of science, and they'll know how to recover because of science. They might even be able to prevent the disaster because of science.

When a disaster is in your area, turn to rational thought. It's much more productive than bloviating about your angry imaginary friend.
 
I SO wish I still had a copy of National Lampoon magazine from about twenty years ago. They published a cartoon that depicted a circle of what appeared to be lizards, standing in a tight huddle on a beach. One of the lizards was glaring suspiciously over his shoulders into the treeline. The caption was "The Conspiracy Theory of Evolution".

Grr, I wish I still had it!
 
He may be advocating "Intelligent Design", but he could use a bit of "smart" himself....
 
The final sessions transcripts are now available at aclupa.blogspot (see OP for details of web address). These include the closing argument for the defense.

It's every bit as shallow and stupid as one might have hoped/feared. Classic use of the "evolution is a mere theory, not a fact" lie, lots of "well, the board members did this, but you can't infer the the board's intentions from what the individual members did," "documents are irrelevant because actions speak louder than words," and the classic quote

"How can adding books to the school library be a bad thing? It is not."

as though that were the only issue in the case.
 
drkitten said:
....and the classic quote

"How can adding books to the school library be a bad thing? It is not."

as though that were the only issue in the case.
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OK, I'll add:

The Koran
Justine
Ulysses
Mein Kampf
The Woman's Guide to Anal Sex

How can this possibly be a bad thing?
 
Diamond said:
Mein Kampf
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"There are two theories about the existence of a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy, and teaching both will improve students' critical thinking abilities and make the study of history more interesting for them. HEIL HITLER! SIEG HEIL! SIEG HEIL! DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND UBER A-ALLES... oops, I just 'mispoke'. Obviously despite these few words quoted out of context, the Big Evil Jewish Conspiracy Theory is in no way Nazi or anti-semitic... whew... I think I got away with that one."
 
I'm suing the Adequate County School Board just so I can hear Dr. Adequate testify about the scientific nature of the Intelligent Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy Theory.

~~ Paul
 
Oops. Did I say "Jews"? How last year of me. I misspoke again. I should have said "Intelligent Cosmopolitans". This theory of course has nothing to do with Jews whatsoever.

It may be my personal belief that the Intelligent Cosmopolitans behind history, economics, and culture are Jews, but my strictly scientific hypothesis is that these things all have a designer IT'S THE JEWS, MEIN FUEHRER, DIE JUDEN, JA! JA! ... excuse me... [wrenches right arm down in a Dr Strangelove kind of way] but this scientific hypothesis of the "Intelligent Cosmopolitans" does not mention any particular race. It could even be space aliens I'M TAKING ABOUT JEWS DAMMIT... ooos, misspoke again. Yes, aliens! Evil, miscengenating HOOK-NOSED ALIENS... oops, I'm off again.
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(Note: "Cosmopolitans" is an anti-Semitic codeword for "Jews" when they want their intended audience, but not the casual observer, to know that they're being anti-semitic.)
 
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Dr Adequate said:
(Note: "Cosmopolitans" is an anti-Semitic codeword for "Jews" when they want their intended audience, but not the casual observer, to know that they're being anti-semitic.)
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Ironic, considering that 'cosmopolitan' means "one whose allegiance is not given to any particular city-state, but is a citizen of the universe". It hasn't been an accurate codeword since the formation of Israel.
 
delphi_ote said:
As long as you make sure to explicitly endorse the material contained in these books in class I see no problem with your idea.
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Delphi? Did you really miss Diamond's irony? I can't believe that. It was meant to be fed back to (read: shoved back down the throats of) those making the original comment, and it was meant to be clearly unacceptable in their eyes.
 
Melendwyr said:
Ironic, considering that 'cosmopolitan' means "one whose allegiance is not given to any particular city-state, but is a citizen of the universe". It hasn't been an accurate codeword since the formation of Israel.
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Is your suggestion that all Jews' allegiance is given to Israel?

If so, I'm afraid that you're completely innaccurate.
 
drkitten said:
Is your suggestion that all Jews' allegiance is given to Israel?

If so, I'm afraid that you're completely innaccurate.
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But this codeword is being applied to Jews who do give their allegiance to Israel. Thus the inaccuracy.
 
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